RESUMEN
Organoclorines pesticides are compounds that were utilized in agriculture until 1985, when their use was forbided, since they represented a risk for human health and environment. Nowadays, its clandestine use is still representative. These compounds may be used in public health campaigns to combat mosquitos that transmit malaria. If public health nurses know the particularities of these compounds, they will be able to work in health prevention and promotion, recognizing the chronic and acute damages as well as in the epidemiologic vigilance of the populations exposed. This paper presents a revision about the organoclorines pesticides and, based on it, proposes some activities to be implemented by nursing professionals in primary health care, aiming the health of workers exposed to the pesticides.
Asunto(s)
Plaguicidas/envenenamiento , Enfermedad Aguda , Enfermedad Crónica , Humanos , Intoxicación/diagnóstico , Intoxicación/enfermería , Vigilancia de la Población , Salud RuralRESUMEN
The aim of this paper is to describe the experience of nursing students experience in the development of a research project. It began through the identification of a public health problem in a farm, when 1,200 people camped near a storehouse containing organocloride pesticides. The group decided for a descriptive study. The students describe their participation in the project, with specialists consultation, bibliographic review, development of a research tool, capacitate people to collect data and analysis with statistical help. As a conclusion, they point out the limitations encountered, as well as the benefits obtained in this experience during undergraduate course.